The document discusses the scientific foundations of organizational behavior which include psychology, social psychology, cognitive psychology, and sociology. It then defines important terms like perception, belief, attitudes, values, and norms. Finally, it outlines several theories of organizational behavior like social cognitive theory, the ladder of inference, organizational trust, and the theory of planned behavior which can be used to understand factors that influence employee cooperation across departments.

1. Organizational Behavior
Session 2

2. Scientific foundations of OB
 Psychology
 Social Psychology
 Cognitive Psychology
 I/O Psychology
 Sociology
 Anthropology
 Political science

3. Some definitions
Perception: is the process of acquiring, selecting, interpreting, and
organizing sensory information;
Belief: is a conviction of the truth of a statement or existence of a
phenomenon (e.g., beliefs about one’s capabilities, beliefs about
organizational culture);
Attitudes: are positive or negative views about a person, behaviour, or
event.(e.g., job satisfaction, attitude toward teamwork);
Value: is a term that express the concept of worth (e.g., job values);
Norm: is a rule that is socially enforced (e.g., respect to elders).

4. Social cognitive theory
(Albert Bandura)
Triadic reciprocal causation
P
B E
P: personal factors
B: behavioral factors
E: environmental factors
(Bandura, 1997, p. 6)

5. Ladder of inference

6. Examples of ladder of inference

7. Organizational trust

8. Theory of Planned Behavior/ Reasoned Action
(Ajzen and Fishbein(
The theory of planned behavior is a theory which
predicts deliberate behavior.
Attitudes
Norms Intention Behavior
Perceived behavioral
control

9. Assignment 2
 Discuss various factors that may
influence an employee’s cooperation
with his/her other project team
members from other departments using
theories described in the class.